Ivan Fedyuninsky

Ivan Ivanovsky Fedyuninsky (30 July 1900-17 October 1977) was a General of the Soviet Red Army during World War II.

Biography
Ivan Ivanovsky Fedyuninsky was born on 30 July 1900 in Tugulym, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia). He joined the Red Army in 1919, and he served in western Russia during the Russian Civil War, and he was wounded twice. From 1919 to 1940, he served in the Russian Far East, including at the Battle of Khalkin Gol against the Japanese. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union award for his leadership of the 24th Motorized Regiment in the battle against the Imperial Japanese Army in Mongolia. During World War II, he led the Soviet 54th Army and Soviet 42nd Army during the Siege of Leningrad, and he took over the 2nd Shock Army before the invasion of Estonia in February of 1944. From 1951 to 1954, he commanded Soviet forces in East Germany, and then the military districts of the Caucasus (1954-1957) and Turkestan (1957-1965). In 1955, he was promoted to General of the Army, and he entered the Ministry of Defense in 1965. He would remain an advisor to the Defense Ministry until his death in 1977.